For nearly a decade, we've waited for the "smoking gun" that would expose the Trump-Putin relationship. But what if the scandal isn't hidden at all?

On this recent WhoWhatWhy podcast I spoke with Craig Unger, bestselling author of House of Trump, House of Putin and American Kompromat. He has spent years documenting what he argues is a 40-year intelligence operation in plain sight. From Russian money laundering through Trump Tower to Jeffrey Epstein's shadowy network, Unger traces connections that others have ignored — and reveals what they spell for Western democracy itself.

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